Thomas hartley and bernard hartley



(No Model.)

T. 8v B. HARTLEY.

LAST.

Patented Aug. 12, 1884.

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THOMAS HARTLEY AND BERNARD HARTLEY, OF AGURINGTON, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,512, dated August 12, 1884.

Application filed February 25, 1884. (N0 model.) Patented in England Fcbrnaryfi, 1884, No. 2,809.

the insertion of the last into a shoe to be re-.

paired and its withdrawal therefrom, or from I 5 a new shoe made on the last.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the last with the outline of a shoe indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a view of the bottom of the last. Fig. 3 is a 20 view of the last and its supporting-stand, and Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the several parts of the last detached, the part a being shown in section on the line A B, Fig. l.

Our invention consists, principally, in the 2 5 combination of a stand,hereinafter described,

with metal lasts in two or three sections, divided vertically, or nearly so, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the pieces a b 0 may be inserted into the boot or shoe separately and 0 removed therefrom by means of an ordinary last-hook e c, inserted in holes in the sections 1) and 0, Figs. 1 and 4. By leaving out the section b the same last may be used to-fit different sizes of boot or shoe. The joint between the sections is made in the form of an 5 obtuse angle, as shown in Fig. 2, in order to prevent any lateral displacement of the pieces. The stand f f see Fig. 3) is made of metal, preferably in two parts, and is provided with a peg or pin, g, fitting into a hole in the part 4.0 a of the last, and a projecting shoulder or arm, h h, at or near the top, which supports the loose sections 1) and c of the last firmly and effieiently as though the last were solid.

The projecting shoulder or arm h k may be 5 made solid, as shown in the drawings, (which We prefer), or it may be made in the form of a prong or prongs.

\Ve claim as our invention The combination, witha metal last made in 0- two, three, or more vertical or nearly vertical sections, as described, of a metal stand provided at or near the top with a projecting shoulder or arm to support the loose sections of the last. 5 5

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS HARTLEY. BERNARD'HARTLE 

